Brief Life History of William Thompson
When William Thompson Cason was born on 12 October 1841, in Crawfordsville, Union Township, Montgomery, Indiana, United States, his father, Thomas Talbert Cason, was 51 and his mother, Amelia Elston, was 38. He married Sarah Jane Hughart on 1 May 1861, in Madison, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Greene, Iowa, United States in 1895 and Union Township, Laclede, Missouri, United States in 1900. He died on 2 May 1905, in Macon, Missouri, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Mount Zion Cemetery, Callao Township, Macon, Missouri, United States.
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- William T Cason, "United States Census, 1870"
- W. T. Cason, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- William Thompson Cason (1905) Obituary
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1851 · Constitution of 1851
Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.
1851
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Greene, Iowa, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English (Norfolk and Suffolk): habitational name for someone from Cawston in Norfolk; the form of the surname reflects the local pronunciation of the placename, which is from the Old Norse personal name Kalfr + Old English tūn ‘settlement’.
Italian (Veneto): augmentative form of Casa .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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